In that case use cpio to unarchive it!!!
Been a long time since I used it - so
sorry - can't help with syntax :-)
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Cheers,
Narain.
-----Original Message-----
From: P.S. Manohar [mailto:psmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:50 AM
To: Narain C R - CTD, Chennai.
Cc: Linux Group
Subject: RE: [Ilugc] Problem with gzip file
I tried using file <filename>, its stating as 'ASCII cpio archive (pre-SVR4
or odc)' since the file is in cpio format.